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May 29, 2024 - Tokyo, Japan Sony Group Corporation (Sony) established the non-profit organization Arc & Beyond in April 2024 with the mission of creating businesses that address social issues in collaboration with diverse partners.…

Technology has varying degrees of usefulness, but I'm a sucker for stories like the following: Colorado Highland Helicopters is testing technology that allows helicopter search and rescue teams to detect missing people in Colorado’s…

According to Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, the Canadian government has ordered Bluevec Technologies and Pegauni Technology to shut down operations following a national security review. Although…

Airbnb reports that it will use machine learning technology to crack down on parties this summer. “It’s really important that those spaces are respected and treated with care, and that, you know, people are not showing up and taking…

Have you ever seen the word "pitch" to describe a connector? Just as important, do you know how connector pitch affects your design? Connector Geek explains... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDz47oOOz9M

Boston Metal, an MIT spinout, is ready to commercialize a new steelmaking method that can potentially clean up steel’s dirty processes. Typically, making steel involves mining iron ore, reducing it in a blast furnace with the addition of…

The United States Space Force Commercial Space Strategy was released in early April. It included a question regarding the U.S. government buying commercial, foreign-made, off-the-shelf products rather than investing solely in developing and…

David Pike discusses connector considerations when designing for harsh environments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erq26ZSWE8g

Research at the University of Utah documented elevated concentrations of rare earth elements (REEs) in active mines in the coal belt of Colorado and Utah. It’s possible that the mines have a secondary resource stream in metals used in…

CHANDLER, Ariz., May 22, 2024 Critical infrastructure such as public utilities, transportation and mobile networks depend on time to synchronize their networks. The primary source of time comes from national timing systems like Global…